I thought about that as I re-read it. I knew it would either be you or Coobeastie to comment.dirtybobby said:in which case, if it weren't for him, i wouldn't be the proud staffordian i am now! i was born in n. ireland, and my family moved here back in 1979 when my old man got transferred to Lotus Shoe Factory.. i dare say that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for stafford's shoe-based history!Sofa said:His good friend, however, William Horton, is possibly the most significant Staffordian of the last three hundred years, as he started the shoe industry here.
My family are also Irish having moved here in 1841 for the same reason, the shoe industry that is.
ouch!labcm said:There was also Horace Coghlan ... He received HM Elizabeth II when she visited Stafford